Putnam burglary suspect eyed in other crimes

Burglary suspect eyed in other cases

8:35 PM,
Jun. 25, 2013

Matthew J. Flanagan

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A man charged with burglarizing a neighbor's home last week after residents saw him walking through a yard with a ladder is being viewed as a potential suspect in other burglaries, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday.

Matthew J. Flanagan, 27, of 80 Drovers Lane was being held at the Putnam County jail in Carmel on $25,000 bail,

"The case remains under investigation in an attempt to determine if Mr. Flanagan may be linked to other criminal activity and where he obtained the ladder from," Chief Investigator A. Gerald Schramek said in an email Tuesday. ...